Approval of resolutions
In today's session, the Tuscany regional council on the proposal of the Vice President Stefania Saccardi, it approved the resolutions concerning the conduct of the pre-opening and the collection of the species envisaged. In particular, it should be noted that the pre-opening days will take place on Saturday 2 September and Sunday 3 September (from 6 to 19 summer time) exclusively from ambush. It should be remembered that on these days, hunting can be carried out exclusively by registered residents of Tuscany and exclusively in the ATC of the hunting residence in which the hunter is registered and on the basis of the specific provisions of the 2023-2024 Hunting Calendar. The use of the electronic card (App Toscaccia) is mandatory, in which the slaughtered animals must be noted. This device will also make it possible to interrupt the collection of individual species, in the event of reaching the maximum collapsible quota. The Toscaccia App digital electronic card, mandatory in pre-opening, can in any case be uninstalled by the hunter who intends to return to the use of the paper card, before the general opening, no later than 16/09/2023.
The species to be taken
The species to be sampled will be: Turtle Dove (Streptotelia turtur), Collared Dove (Streptotelia decaocto), Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) and Domestic Pigeon (Columba livia forma domestica). For the wild turtledove there is a withdrawal of 5 animals per day per hunter until the quota that can be collected is reached and for a maximum of 10 animals per hunting season. For the Starling species, a daily sampling of 20 animals per hunter is envisaged for a maximum of 100 animals in total for the hunting season. The withdrawal in derogation of the starling (Sturnus vulgaris) must be carried out in the following ways:
in the vineyards, olive groves and orchards, as well as in the vicinity of them for a radius of 100 metres; sampling is also permitted in the presence of scattered vegetation nuclei (at least two plants) as long as they are in the ground;
in the presence of hanging fruit and in lands where bloodless dissuasive systems are in place to protect the crops;
Other details
For the collared dove, a daily sampling of 10 heads per hunter is envisaged until the quota that can be taken is reached for a maximum of 50 heads per hunting season. The exceptional collection of the Eastern Collared Dove species (Streptopelia decaocto) must be carried out exclusively in the land where crops of autumn-winter cereals, spring-sown cereals or oil-protein crops (such as, for example, sunflower, soybean, rapeseed, broad bean) have been sown or are present. , field beans, peas, chickpeas, safflower, flax), as well as in the vicinity of them for a radius of 100 metres, in the period from sowing to harvesting of the product; The Pigeon, a daily sampling of 20 heads per hunter is envisaged, with a limit of 200 overall heads per hunting season. In derogation, sampling of the Pigeon species must be carried out exclusively on land where crops of autumn-winter cereals, spring-sown cereals or oil-protein crops have been sown or are present (such as, for example, sunflower, soybean, rapeseed, broad bean, field bean, pea, chickpea, safflower, flax), as well as in proximity to them for a radius of 100 meters, in the period from sowing to harvesting of the product; It will be the responsibility of Federcaccia Toscana - Unione Cacciatori Toscani, jointly with Anuu Migratoristi Toscana to disseminate the texts of the aforementioned resolutions as soon as they are published in the BURT of the Tuscany Region (source: FIDC-UCT).